diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-checkout.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-checkout.c
index 2d6c5141..437e3099 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-checkout.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-checkout.c
@@ -502,6 +502,9 @@ checkout_one_file_at (OstreeRepo                        *repo,
               goto out;
             }
         }
+
+      if (!g_input_stream_close (input, cancellable, error))
+        goto out;
     }
 
   ret = TRUE;